The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-06-12
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE HASBR0UcK
INSTITUTE CLOSING,

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A Week Of Recitation and Receptions
The Programme for the CIosing-The
Commencement Mt the Stevens Insti-
tute.
To-day the exercises of commencement
week at the Hasbrouck Institute will be
inaugurated at the Second Presbyterian
Church. in Third street. where DIR. Nickel
vie will preach to the graduating class.
1t is customary for the entire school to
attend this service, but a small attendance
is expected this year, owing to the fact
of its being Floral Sunday in many of our
churches.
Tomorrow evening the Hasbrouck
School of Music will hold its fnal musicale
for the year. Mr.. BAier and his assist
ants, aided by their pupils, will present a
pleasant programme. and tickets may be
obtained at the Institute by any who are
specially interested.
Wednesday at 100 p. m. the under
graduates entertainment will be held in
the chapel of the Institute, to which are
invited the friends of the students. De-
CARNATIONS, music, and play by the young
ladies of the middle class will constitute
the main part of the entertainment. No
tickets of admission will be required
The commencement exercises will be
held at the Tabernacle on Thursday even
ing. A good programme is promised
original essays, salutatory by Miss Grace
De Whit, and valedictory by Harry L.
Pangborn. The Hasbrouck Glee Club will
sing some choice choruses, among them a
medley arranged by Mr.. Victor Baier, and
dedicated to the class of '87. The class
with the subjects of their essays are as fol-
lows:
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Glare nee S. Dayis-The First Century Of Our Ma
tional Growth.
Harry L. Pangborn-Henry NJ. Stanley and
His Works.
VIM. H. speer. Jr Jersey City, Present and
Future.
ENGLISH COURSE.
May N. Craig-The Search for the Holy Grail.
Grace De Wiut-Yoices from st. Helena.
Emma J Edwards-Self Respect VS. Popularity.
Emma O. Marzolf-numpty Dumpty
William Ritchie-Biibery.
lille r. Rouse-rhe Apple in Story.
May Z. R )wland-M others in Fiction.
]. Edith Fahey-Mountains.
FINE ART COURSE.
Alice L. Bowmdn-Clouds and Shadows
Annie F. Costigan-Helen Hunt jackson.
Nine of the class will read at Comm nee
ment.
Rev. Mr.. Montgomery, OF Trinity Meth
odist Church, will open the exercises with
prayer, and the Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott,
senior editor of the Christian Union, will
address the graduating class. The speeches,
music, flowers, award of prizes, ETC., will
cons itute a delightful programme, and
those who are fortunate enough to have
tickets of admission may expect such a
treat as HzsbroucK Institute has furnished
its friends annually now for many years.
On Friday evening the Art Rooms and
the first floor of the Institute will be given
up to the graduates for their reception.
The rooms will be beautifully decorated,
and the work of the students in the Art
School will be on exhibition. This recep-
ton is by special invitation Of the grf du-
ating class to their friends.
| Saturday, from early morning to sun
down, the Institute will be open to the
general public, who are cordially invited to
visit the building. to meet the Faculty, and
especially to witness the exhibition of
drawings and paintings and the prize work
This will be time also set apart to regis
ter students for the coming year in any de-
partment OF the school. This will end the
commencement week of 1887, comm emo-
rating the thirty first anniversary of the
foundation of the school. May the weather
be propitieus, and may naught to mar the
pleasure of the week occur.